Click here for the podcast The Education Debate is a podcast run jointly by both tutors and students on the Primary Education degree programme at York St. John University. Join us for a lively...
Preamble One thing I have learnt is that you can never get enough advice! In the last post on this blog, Katie shared with us some advice for starting university. Well, continuing in this...
Be positive. Be punctual. Be professional. Be kind As a first-year primary education student, you will be busy. You will also be challenged and may even feel slightly overwhelmed at times. However, you will...
Back to it! As I write this, we have just come to the end of Welcome Week for the new intake of Primary Education students. We have talked about what is to come and...
Over the last three years, I have worked with many NQTs in my capacity as NQT Lead here at YSJ. As many of you begin your new roles as NQTs this week, I felt...
**Editor: Troy is currently studying abroad in Norway for this semester – here is his blog about his adventures!** On the first day of the Primary Education course, no one (myself included) would ever...
As I write this, the new university year looms. For some, this means the excitement of starting a new course and a whole new chapter; for others, it means a return to studies after...
One thing which we believe very strongly in Primary Education is that support is important not only while you are at university studying but also before you arrive and after when you are completing...
This is a strange time of year to be the Subject Director for Undergraduate Initial Teacher Education in Primary Education. All of our students, except for a few are finished for the year or...
No, we are still here! The last few weeks have been very busy at YSJ. The first years have started their final placement, the second years are out on their Settings Other than Schools...
